Recruitment and consultancy freeze – exceptions approved – January 2013

1. During the month of January 2013, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer.

2. The details are shown below:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruitment | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|----------| | 03/01/2013 | 251 RPP | Civil Engineering SBP Assistant | Recruitment | Approved | | 04/01/2013 | 252 RME | Engagement of Consultancy to give advice on NR’s insurance forecasts in the SBP | Consultancy | Approved | | 11/01/2013 | 253 RME | Engagement of Consultancy support to develop and finalise the Volume Incentive as part of PR13 | Consultancy | Approved | | 11/01/2013 | 254 RPP | Engagement of Consultancy to provide operational support to manage the delivery of CP performance investigations | Consultancy | Approved | | 18/01/2013 | 256 RME | Extension of Richard Creagh (Grade D) to cover unfilled posts | Recruitment | Approved | | 30/01/2013 | 257 RME | Recruitment of 3 x Grade C Senior Economists | Recruitment | Conditional Approval\* |

- Number of posts to be advised

3. Requests for consultancy valued at \<£20,000 considered by the Director of Corporate Operations

| Date | Department | Description | Consultancy | Approved | |------------|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|----------| | 15/01/2013 | 255 Legal | Specialist litigation advice with regards to a court hearing against ORR in relation to a disclosure matter | Consultancy | Approved |